#3E8A98#3E8A98

#3E8A98 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.077 H 211.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8A98
RGB	rgb(62, 138, 152)
HSL	hsl(189, 42%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(189, 59%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 9.2%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.46, -19.11, -14.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.46, 24.01, 217.26°)
OKLab	oklab(59.13% -0.066 -0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(59.13% 0.077 211.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.7403, 21.4664, 32.9609)
Luminance	0.2147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8A98 #984C3E

analogous

#3E9879 #3E8A98 #3E5D98

triadic

#3E8A98 #983E8A #8A983E

tetradic

#3E8A98 #793E98 #984C3E #5D983E

square

#3E8A98 #793E98 #984C3E #5D983E

split-complementary

#3E8A98 #983E5D #98793E

monochromatic

#1B3B41 #2C636D #3E8A98 #58ACBB #84C1CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#3E8A98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#3E8A98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8A98

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8A98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8A98	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8699

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717B98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8a98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 138, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.077 211.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cacb6',
    500: '#3e8a98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8a98;
$custom-light: #7cacb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8a98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.333,
    "s": 42.056,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59132,
    "c": 0.07731,
    "h": 211.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8A98

secondary

#B7847B

accent

#6956D2

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8A98

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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